Catalog Record
Data and Report from S&T Project 21054: Abrasivity of Slurry-Transported Sediment
This research seeks to improve existing and develop new laboratory-based test methods to evaluate the abrasive potential of slurry-mobilized sediment to evaluate the abrasive potential of slurry-mobilized sediment to monitor damage, predict failures, and estimate the effect that an abrasive slurry (slurry specimen) would have on the service life of the existing reservoir infrastructure. The research is broken out into two phases, Phases I and II. Phase I is a comparison of state-of-the-practice, smaller-scale laboratory test methods. Phase II is an up-scaled hydraulic test device which allows testing of the abrasion potential of a site-specific soil and a determination of the relative wear-resistance of a pipe material.
Generation Effort
S&T Project 21054: Abrasivity of Slurry Transported Sediment
Themes
Infrastructure and Assets
Reclamation Project
Reclamation Program
Science and Technology Program
Location Information
Location Name
Technical Service Center (TSC) Hydraulics Laboratory
Location Description
The Technical Service Center Hydraulics Lab is a 54,000 square foot indoor lab facility that is used to perform physical hydraulic model studies with flow capacities up to 60 cfs and 600 ft of pressure head, with fixed and variable-slope flumes and a low-ambient pressure chamber. The Hydraulic Investigations & Laboratory Services staff apply hydraulic modeling, analysis, and laboratory and field measurements expertise to the solution of water resources, hydraulics, and fluid mechanics problems. The TSC Hydraulics Lab is located at the Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, Building 56, Denver, Colorado 80225-0007.
Location Parent
State(s)
Colorado
Unified Region(s)
Upper Colorado Basin
Timezone
MT
Elevation
5,619 ft
Vertical Datum
NAVD88
Coordinates (lat, long)
(39.7225, -105.12194)
Horizontal Datum
WGS84
